Disclaimer: All characters in this story belong to Capcom. I am making no monetary gain off of this.
If I get good reviews I'll continue with this story. It's my first one so be gentle.
The Deal
Claire awoke in a cold sweat gasping for air to fill her lungs. She had had that dream again. They were coming more often since Leon had disappeared. She couldn't help but feel guilty. Leon had recently vanished without a trace, Sherry was still missing too and all she could dream about was Steve. Not that it was a nice dream, but still Steve was dead and gone and there was nothing she could do about it. She should be focusing on finding and getting back Sherry and Leon now.
' It's not like I can help what I dream about.', she thought trying to rid herself of her nightly guilt trip.
She just couldn't get the dream out of her head. It was weird though...half truth wrapped with half fantasy. And that made a whole....who knows what?
* The room was so cold. And it was so long and dark. Huge sets of armor lined the walls on either side. 'Hey don't I know this room from Batman?' she thought trying in a failed attempt to keep herself light. She tried to peer down as far as she could to look out for any new "playgrounds" Alfred or Alexia had created for her. She stopped abruptly when she could finally make out a shape in front of her. "Steve?" she called out to the unconscious figure strapped to a chair in front of her. It was definitely him. She ran the rest of the way up to him. Abruptly the room changed. She was standing in a bright cloudy room. 'Looks like someone left the fog machine run too long.' she thought, again failing to calm herself. She turned to see Steve laying naked on a steel operating table. She gently placed her hands on his shoulders and shook him lightly trying to wake him. "Steve" she said his name shaking him harder. She began to lean down to place her head on his chest to check for breathing when his eyes snapped open. Claire yelped as she jumped back recognizing the reptilian eyes. She couldn't move away quick enough before Steve's mutated hand grabbed her shirt front.*
Claire sat with her palm to her forehead remembering the dream and trying to slow her rapidly beating heart. She had finally calm down enough that she thought she might have been able to fall back asleep. Before her head ever hit the pillow the phone rang.
"Damn who would be calling at" she turned to look at the clock " 2:00 in the morning!"
She picked up the phone a bit hesitantly hoping it was Chris just wanting to talk or something silly she knew was almost impossible or maybe to tell her Leon was back. Her heart began to race again at the thought.
"Hello?" Claire said into the phone sounding a little unsure.
"Having pleasant dreams?" a cold voice asked her laughing softly
She recognized it instantly "About as pleasant as you are." she said through gritted teeth.
"Why Claire I'm touched." the voice said mockingly still laughing.
"Yeah, touched in the head." she countered.
"Now, now Claire. And here I thought I was being nice calling you up with a wonderful proposal in mind."
" As if I could trust you." Claire said not hiding her disgust in the slightest
"Oh you don't think I'm honest?" the voice asked with mock hurt.
"Ya you're a regular boy scout." Claire said ready to end the conversation.
"All I wanted was to offer a simple trade for your friends. Oh well, guess you're not interested." the voice said also sounding ready to hang up.
"Wait what kind of trade?" Claire asked mentally kicking herself for obviously falling into the trap.
"Oh so we are willing then are we?" the voice asked to keep her waiting and annoy her even more.
"Just get to the point!" Claire practically yelled into the phone. She was tired of this game and just wanted to know what they were offering so she could tell the S.T.A.R.S. group so maybe they could form some kind of plan of action to rescue their friends and.....wait friends as in plural. 'Sherry and Leon' Claire wondered. So that would mean Leon had been taken, but for what purpose?
"Just give me your brother and you can have your little brat and scaly boyfriend back." the voice replied getting down to business.
"Steve?" Claire asked anxiously.
Just then the voice was cut off leaving Claire sitting in silence. She began to sob as she hung the phone back up.
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"Leave her out of this Wesker!" Chris said to the intercepted phone call.
'Hmmm.....this could prove to work out to my advantage after all.' Wesker thought to himself smiling.
If I get good reviews I'll continue with this story. It's my first one so be gentle.
The Deal
Claire awoke in a cold sweat gasping for air to fill her lungs. She had had that dream again. They were coming more often since Leon had disappeared. She couldn't help but feel guilty. Leon had recently vanished without a trace, Sherry was still missing too and all she could dream about was Steve. Not that it was a nice dream, but still Steve was dead and gone and there was nothing she could do about it. She should be focusing on finding and getting back Sherry and Leon now.
' It's not like I can help what I dream about.', she thought trying to rid herself of her nightly guilt trip.
She just couldn't get the dream out of her head. It was weird though...half truth wrapped with half fantasy. And that made a whole....who knows what?
* The room was so cold. And it was so long and dark. Huge sets of armor lined the walls on either side. 'Hey don't I know this room from Batman?' she thought trying in a failed attempt to keep herself light. She tried to peer down as far as she could to look out for any new "playgrounds" Alfred or Alexia had created for her. She stopped abruptly when she could finally make out a shape in front of her. "Steve?" she called out to the unconscious figure strapped to a chair in front of her. It was definitely him. She ran the rest of the way up to him. Abruptly the room changed. She was standing in a bright cloudy room. 'Looks like someone left the fog machine run too long.' she thought, again failing to calm herself. She turned to see Steve laying naked on a steel operating table. She gently placed her hands on his shoulders and shook him lightly trying to wake him. "Steve" she said his name shaking him harder. She began to lean down to place her head on his chest to check for breathing when his eyes snapped open. Claire yelped as she jumped back recognizing the reptilian eyes. She couldn't move away quick enough before Steve's mutated hand grabbed her shirt front.*
Claire sat with her palm to her forehead remembering the dream and trying to slow her rapidly beating heart. She had finally calm down enough that she thought she might have been able to fall back asleep. Before her head ever hit the pillow the phone rang.
"Damn who would be calling at" she turned to look at the clock " 2:00 in the morning!"
She picked up the phone a bit hesitantly hoping it was Chris just wanting to talk or something silly she knew was almost impossible or maybe to tell her Leon was back. Her heart began to race again at the thought.
"Hello?" Claire said into the phone sounding a little unsure.
"Having pleasant dreams?" a cold voice asked her laughing softly
She recognized it instantly "About as pleasant as you are." she said through gritted teeth.
"Why Claire I'm touched." the voice said mockingly still laughing.
"Yeah, touched in the head." she countered.
"Now, now Claire. And here I thought I was being nice calling you up with a wonderful proposal in mind."
" As if I could trust you." Claire said not hiding her disgust in the slightest
"Oh you don't think I'm honest?" the voice asked with mock hurt.
"Ya you're a regular boy scout." Claire said ready to end the conversation.
"All I wanted was to offer a simple trade for your friends. Oh well, guess you're not interested." the voice said also sounding ready to hang up.
"Wait what kind of trade?" Claire asked mentally kicking herself for obviously falling into the trap.
"Oh so we are willing then are we?" the voice asked to keep her waiting and annoy her even more.
"Just get to the point!" Claire practically yelled into the phone. She was tired of this game and just wanted to know what they were offering so she could tell the S.T.A.R.S. group so maybe they could form some kind of plan of action to rescue their friends and.....wait friends as in plural. 'Sherry and Leon' Claire wondered. So that would mean Leon had been taken, but for what purpose?
"Just give me your brother and you can have your little brat and scaly boyfriend back." the voice replied getting down to business.
"Steve?" Claire asked anxiously.
Just then the voice was cut off leaving Claire sitting in silence. She began to sob as she hung the phone back up.
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"Leave her out of this Wesker!" Chris said to the intercepted phone call.
'Hmmm.....this could prove to work out to my advantage after all.' Wesker thought to himself smiling.